Kathleen Nielsen
Physician Assistant · Meridian, IDNPI 1336196757
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 176 payments — averaging $17.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Novo Nordisk$390
- AstraZeneca$312
- Boehringer Ingelheim$220
- Pfizer$152
- Corcept Therapeutics$149
- plus $844 from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,072100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 69 | $1,005 |
| Novo Nordisk | 20 | $390 |
| AstraZeneca | 13 | $312 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 9 | $220 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $152 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 8 | $149 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $89 |
| GSK | 5 | $82 |
| Bayer | 4 | $82 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $72 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $70 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $46 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $45 |
| Corium, LLC | 2 | $44 |
| Merck | 2 | $34 |
| Organon | 2 | $32 |
| Novartis | 2 | $30 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $20 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $18 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Abbott | 1 | $15 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $14 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Amgen | 1 | $13 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$3,072 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,027 physician assistant providers in Idaho.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $793 |
| Propranolol Hcl ErPropranolol Hcl | 12 | $763 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 18 | $716 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 63 | $708 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 15 | $631 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | 28 | $505 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 24 | $421 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 27 | $416 |
| Gabapentin | 21 | $373 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 11 | $323 |
| Omeprazole | 21 | $287 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 20 | $222 |
| Valsartan | 13 | $190 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 24 | $185 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 12 | $131 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieSynthroid | $1,005 | $63115 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 1,027 physician assistant providers in Idaho.
Other physician assistant in Meridian
- Melissa McClenahanMeridian$19K
- Arthur NeaseMeridian$16K
- Alexander ArhetsMeridian$14K
- Jeremy FrixMeridian$12K
- David BarclayMeridian$11K
- Samuel ShinkleMeridian$10K
- Austin LeeMeridian$7K
- Teresa GraklanoffMeridian$7K
- Stephen FrellyMeridian$6K
- Rylan ChanMeridian$6K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.